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‘Permanent income grant’: Ramaphosa’s solutions for the unemployed

for unemployed people. “There is a strong case for a permanent form of a targeted income support grant for the unemployed within our fiscal constraints.” Ramaphosa said discussions should continue among the ANC national executive committee (NEC) about interventions to tackle poverty. During the release of the party’s January 8…

30 Jan 2024 8AM 3 min

Religious leaders threaten to 'shut SA' if MK party doesn’t win elections

Religious leaders in KwaZulu-Natal sent a message to the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), threatening that they will “shut the country for good” and reject the IEC outcomes if they “don’t give MK party a two-thirds majority”. A pastor, named by the party as Vader Maluleke, said to be representing some…

29 Jan 2024 7AM 3 min

Accused in Meyiwa trial a ‘known’ gun supplier - witness statement

The high court in Pretoria on Tuesday heard a statement from Simphiwe Buthelezi which alleged accused number two in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, Bongani Ntanzi, was a known hitman and gun supplier for hitmen around the country. Buthelezi was an associate of Ntanzi’s in the supply of illegal weapons…

23 Jan 2024 9AM 4 min

Labour, organ harvesting among reasons for child trafficking: Dr Shaheda Omar

The horrifying statistic that a child goes missing every few hours is the tip of the iceberg as only those brought to the attention of authorities are accounted for. This is according to Dr Shaheda Omar, director of the Teddy Bear Foundation for Abused Children, who explains why children go…

22 Jan 2024 7AM 5 min

What a ‘digital city’ looks like for Ekurhuleni 

The City of Ekurhuleni is looking to transform the metro into a digital city. This means citizens will no longer have to stand in long queues to pay for services but will rather do it at the click of a button using the e-Siyakhokha system on the MyEkurhuleni App.  The city…

22 Jan 2024 2AM 6 min

City of Jourg not equipped to deal with Usindiso fire, says expert

The commission of inquiry into the Usindiso building fire in the Johannesburg CBD in August has heard firefighters at the scene lacked adequate resources to deal with the blaze. Wynand Engelbrecht, who has more than 50 years' service as a firefighter, testified on Wednesday. Engelbrecht said though the city employed enough firefighters…

17 Jan 2024 9AM 5 min

Trevor Noah wins his first Emmy after 17 nominations

After receiving 17 nominations over the past five tears, Trevor Noah has finally won his first Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Series with The Daily Show with Trevor Noah at Monday night's 75th annual awards ceremony. Noah has had a great start to the year. He was nominated at the Golden…

16 Jan 2024 5AM 1 min

11 people arrested for ‘selling fake matric certificates’, says Umalusi 

The education quality assurance council Umalusi says 11 people have been arrested for allegedly selling fake matric certificates. Umalusi was briefing the media on Monday about the 2023 matric examination results.  CEO Dr Mafu Rakometsi said an official in the department of higher education was arrested for allegedly selling a matric…

15 Jan 2024 4AM 3 min

‘28m people rely on social grants’: Ramaphosa boasts about ANC’s effort to prevent poverty

A total of28-million South African citizens, or 47% of the population, rely on social grants. ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa has hailed the governing party’s efforts to “tackle poverty head on”. He was referring to the monthly R350 social relief of distress grant government introduced in 2020 which about 10-million people…

15 Jan 2024 4AM 1 min

‘Young people are teaching me to dance to amapiano’ — Ramaphosa 

ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa has thanked the youth for excelling in making the amapiano music genre a global sensation. He was delivering the ANC's January 8 statement at the Mbombela Stadium in Mpumalanga over the weekend. Ramaphosa said he is learning how to dance to amapiano. 

15 Jan 2024 1AM 1 min

Ramaphosa 'wanting to resign' shows lack of commitment, says EFF

The EFF says confirmation by Fikile Mbalula that President Cyril Ramaphosa was begged by the ANC not to resign is a sign he’s lost interest in leading the country. Mbalula on Sunday told supporters in Barberton, Mpumalanga, that Ramaphosa was at one point ready to resign but the party stopped…

11 Jan 2024 10AM 3 min

Reconstruction of Lillian Ngoyi street to cost City of Joburg R196m

City of Joburg management announced on Thursday the reconstruction and rehabilitation of Lilian Ngoyi (formerly Bree) Street in Johannesburg's CBD, which was damaged by an explosion in July last year, will cost R196m. The cause of the explosion was linked to methane gas. During a media briefing in August, the city had…

11 Jan 2024 6AM 2 min

'Zuma as good as gone from the ANC': Mbalula says party is getting ready for 'war'

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says the party's former president Jacob Zuma is “as good as gone” and he has made his ANC exit complicated, but formal processes will follow and the party is preparing itself for “war”. Zuma said in December he would vote and campaign for the newly registered…

10 Jan 2024 5AM 4 min

Mbalula said things he shouldn’t have said: Mantashe on ‘fire pool lie'

ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe says Fikile Mbalula, the party's secretary-general, said things he shouldn’t have said about the Nkandla “fire pool” saga. Mantashe said leaders should count their words or catch fire. This after Mbalula claimed the party protected former president Jacob Zuma by lying that the swimming pool at…

9 Jan 2024 5AM 1 min

‘I have no fear’ - Nzimande amid NSFAS kickback allegations  

Higher education, science and innovation minister Blade Nzimande has dismissed allegations that he, the SACP and National Student Financial Aid Scheme board chairperson Ernest Khosa received kickback payments from service providers contracted by the scheme. The allegations, with leaked recordings, were made by the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) last week.  Nzimande…

9 Jan 2024 5AM 3 min

DA to take legal action against Nzimande in NSFAS 'kickback' scandal

DA leader John Steenhuisen says the party is preparing legal charges against minister of higher education Blade Nzimande after allegations about his involvement in receiving  kickback payments from service providers contracted by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS).  Last week the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) released leaked audio…

8 Jan 2024 6AM 4 min

‘This house, built on a strong foundation 112 years ago, will never fall’ — Mashatile 

ANC deputy president Paul Mashatile says the party's leadership is rebuilding and renewing the organisation.He was speaking to the media outside Church on the Hill in Mbombela at the weekend. Mashatile was attending a church service. The party turns 112 years old on Monday, and members are celebrating the birthday in…

8 Jan 2024 3AM 2 min

We lied in defence of Zuma, says Mbalula on Nkandla ‘fire pool’ security upgrade

Remember when the governing ANC justified the R3.9m pool at former president Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla as a fire pool and not a swimming pool? Well, ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula now says that was a lie to defend Zuma. At the time, the government justified the so-called fire pool as being…

8 Jan 2024 3AM 1 min

Zuma in denial that the ANC is dead, says Malema

EFF leader Julius Malema says former president Jacob Zuma is in denial that the governing party is dead and if EFF members “try what Zuma did to the ANC” they’ll be expelled. Zuma said in December he would vote for the newly registered MK party. Malema says if Zuma had…

5 Jan 2024 8AM 3 min

'Oscar is at home'- DCS

The Department of Correctional Services says Oscar Pistorius is a parolee as of Friday. Pistorius was granted parole in November last year nearly 11 years after killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's day in 2013. He will be under the supervision of the correctional services and will be subjected…

5 Jan 2024 7AM 1 min